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Show FIRST STUDENT GRADUATES FMl ROOSEVELT FLYING SCHOOL; FLIGHT TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR G. I.s Local Girl Granted License; 10 Enroll For Vet Instruction Diminutive Dorothy Wardle 1 became the first student of the Roosevelt Flying School to receive re-ceive her private pilot license when she completed her final test on Saturday. Starting during dur-ing the war years of the Civil Air Patrol, Miss Wardle was cadet ca-det adjudant and took her first flight on April 8, 1945. She soloed so-loed on August 29, 1945 and since that time has taken the prescribed cross country flights. Miss Wardle, 18, and weighing !ess than 90 pounds has been the most ardent student of the school. She has flown Taylor-craft, Taylor-craft, Cub and Aronaca planes, taking most of her flight work under the direction of Joseph Mower, instructor for the Roose velt school. A graduate of the Roosevelt high school in the class of 1946, Miss Wardle will leave in a few days for Ephraim, Utah, .here she will register at Snow College. Col-lege. SIMULTANEOUS with the announcement an-nouncement of Miss Wardle receiving re-ceiving her private license cane word of the approval of the Roosevelt Flying School as an acredited organization qualified to participate in the training of veterans under the G. I. Bill cf Rights. Intruction under the vets training program will lead to private, commercial and instructor's instruc-tor's licenses. Members of the first class enrolled en-rolled for G. I. instruction are: Merlyn Reynolds, Ned Gines, George Stewart, Earl Dillman, Bob Huish, James Lewis, Bob Andrews, Theron Leavitt. Jack Hancock and Ken Labrum Ground work for all G. I. classes class-es will be conducted at the Roosevelt Roos-evelt high school under the direction di-rection of J. R. Gillespie and Raymond Wiscombe. Flight instruction in-struction will be given by Joe Mower. JOE BERGEN, state artonau-tical artonau-tical inspector made the first announcement an-nouncement regarding the status of the Roosevelt Flying School. He enthusiastically complimented compliment-ed the officers of the school and other persons responsible for building one of the outstanding small airnorts in Utah. To qualify under the G, I. Bill of Rights as an accredited school of instruction the following provisions pro-visions were required of the local lo-cal school: office facilities, in-cludng in-cludng desks and typewriters: student radio room, equipped for study; hangar meeting rigid specifications; maintenance ant3 repair facilities; qualified in structor; landing area; flight equipment to meet the needs of a primary iiignt scnool. The pilot ready room at the loeal airnort which includes an office, study room and lavatories lavator-ies has been completed and residents resi-dents are invited to inspect the new facilities. |